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tsk_recover(1)

tsk_recover1

Export files from an image into a local directory

Usage

tsk_recover [-vVae] [-f fstype] [-i imgtype] [-b dev_sector_size] [-o sector_offset] [-d dir_inum] image [images] output_dir

Overview

tsk_recover recovers files to the output_dir from the image. By default recovers only unallocated files. With flags, it will export all files.

The arguments are as follows:

-v

verbose output to stderr

-V

Print version

-a

Recover allocated files only

-e

Recover all files (allocated and unallocated)

-f fstype

Specify the file system type. Use '-f list' to list the supported file system types. If not given, autodetection methods are used.

-i imgtype

The format of the image file, such as raw. Use '-i list' to list the supported types. If not given, autodetection methods are used.

-b dev_sector_size

The size (in bytes) of the device sectors. If not given, autodetection methods are used.

-o sector_offset

Sector offset for a volume to recover (recovers only that volume) If not given, will attempt to recover all volumes in image and save them to different folders.

-d dir_inum

Directory inum to recover from (must also specify a specific partition using -o or there must not be a volume system)

image [images]

The disk or partition image to read, whose format is given with '-i'. Multiple image file names can be given if the image is split into multiple segments. If only one image file is given, and its name is the first in a sequence (e.g., as indicated by ending in '.001'), subsequent image segments will be included automatically.

output_dir

The directory in which to save recovered files.

Examples

To recover only unallocated files from image.dd to the recovered directory:

# tsk_recover ./image.dd ./recovered

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
  • Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 8 (Jessie)
  • Debian 7 (Wheezy)

-f since Debian 8 (Jessie).

Author

Brian Carrier <carrier at sleuthkit dot org>

Send documentation updates to <doc-updates at sleuthkit dot org>

From sleuthkit 4.15.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.